Also known as: Bricks
A one-patch of 2 by 4 in rectangles laid in rows like bricks, each row offset by half a brick; alternate rows end in half bricks that complete when blocks are joined. Traditionally scrappy.
Sew the bricks into rows, then join the rows; the offset means no seams need to match between rows.
Four paws, each a large square with two half-square-triangle claws along each of its two outer sides and a small background square in the outer corner, separated by sashing strips around a centre square.
A centre square wrapped in five rounds of logs that spiral around it, one log per side in turn; the logs on two adjacent sides are light and the other two are dark, so the block divides into light and dark halves along a diagonal.
A magnificent eight-pointed star radiating from the center, created from diamond shapes with background triangles and corner squares.
A traditional 3×3 checkerboard of 2″ squares.
A nine-patch star: plain corners, a centre square, and quarter-square-triangle side units whose triangles form eight points.
Four large half-square triangle units in the corners with their inner halves framing a centre cross of five squares, the edge and centre squares in one fabric and the squares between them in another.